Thursday, April 7, 2011

Just in time for Earth Day

One day, Gilbert's teacher, Mrs. Byrd decides to have a picnic outside for lunch. But when they get to the top of a hill, they realize it's not shady or green, but quite a mess. After they lend a hand and clean up, Mrs. Byrd gets her students thinking of ways they can help our planet and assigns an Earth Day project. However, Gilbert's not very good coming up with ideas. Everyone else in his class knows just what they're going to do, but Gilbert wants to come up with a project that nobody else is doing. As Gilbert is about to take a nap, he realizes the idea was right in front of him the whole time!

This is the perfect book for Earth Day or any day you'd like to teach your young readers about going green. Young readers will discover so many different ways they can help our planet, from riding our bikes to school to hanging laundry on a clothesline. Not only do the lively illustrations make for a fun read, but we're reminded that it's okay to have ants in your pants and worms in your plants!

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Lori Calabrese is a kindergarten teacher and an award winning children's author. Her books include The Bug That Plagued the Entire Third Grade, which won Dragonfly Publishing Inc.'s 2009 Best Children's Book Award and Oh! the Possibilities! Lori's stories and articles have appeared in various children's magazines such as Boys' Life, Odyssey, Appleseeds, Focus on the Family Clubhouse, Jr., Turtle Magazine for Preschool Kids, Stories for Children Magazine, and The Institute of Children's Literature's Rx for Writers. To learn more about Lori and her work, please visit www.loricalabrese.com